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I was absolutely delighted to find bottle trees scattered everywhere on my recent trip to Barcaldine,Emerald, Longreach and everywhere in between
I found this lone little tree looking all forlorn and a little crooked whilst out on a drive near Barcaldine
Have you ever been somewhere where the sky before is just so beautiful but you can't find a great location to photograph it in? Well this was one of those occasions.... I was driving all over Mitchell in Western Queensland looking for something great that faced west but in the end I just shot what was before me .... a cactus bush!
I've never seen a brolga before either not even in a zoo so this was pretty special for me.
This wonderful silo depicts Joel Fergie's and Travis Vinson's version of the legend of the Three Moon. They are 37th set of silos to Join the Australian Silo Art Trail and were completed in July 2020. Legend of the Three Moon - Version 1 Three Moon Creek was named according to legend where a swagman, Aboriginal stockman or a Chinese station cook, was boiling his billy on the banks of the creek and noticed three moons - one in the sky, one reflecting on the creek and one reflecting in his billy. Legend of the Three Moon - Version 2 There is another story also of how the name came about. The following is from Miss Caswell of Euston, Toowoomba who spent her early life in Cannindah, a place that is located very close to Three Moon. Henry Drew Caswell died in 1887 on his Cannindah property so his son Clive Elliot took on the management of the property. At the time, some of the Aboriginals were given the job of washing the sheep. They would have been well paid and when the job came to an end, they would have been anxious to know when their services would be required again. It would have been no use telling them to come back in three months, but they were able to understand to come back when three moons had passed away. From that time on the creek became known as Three Moon Creek. The above story is from a letter that is from Julieanne Cripps, a descendent of Patrick McKay's partner in Cannindah Station. The Information supplied for the first legend was supplied by the Monto Shire Council. Source: Monto Magic Tourism Action Group
Now I can't be certain where exactly these old cars were but I have an idea they were between Emerald and Barcaldine. I turned this one into sepia and I love the outcome
Have you ever been somewhere where the sky before is just so beautiful but you can't find a great location to photograph it in? Well this was one of those occasions.... I was driving all over Mitchell in Western Queensland looking for something great that faced west but in the end I just shot what was before me .... a cactus bush!
The morning light was simply beautiful as it illuminated the grassland and the windmill out west of Barcaldine and on the way to Longreach. I loved this windmill as it was a little different to others that I have seen.
An old truck perched up on a mound of red outback dirt about 20 kms from Barcaldine
Now I can't be certain where exactly these old cars were but I have an idea they were between Emerald and Barcaldine.
The sunset setting on a summers day over the fields of Mitchell.
Now I can't be certain where exactly these old cars were but I have an idea they were between Emerald and Barcaldine.
I think this was my favourite image from my trip, it was an unexpected delight. I just love the colours don't you?
I've never seen emu's in the wild before so I was quite excited to see these roaming on the lush plains near Amarac in Central Queensland